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it is a federal offense to open anyone else's mailbox.

Just the other day I saw someone stuff trash in my mailbox and I reported them immediately.

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technically yes but i dont think you will get incarcerated for it

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No. The mail is a way of not only communication but methods of payment. People who start new family businesses will often place flyers in mail boxes as a form of marketing.

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Can you open and put mail into someones mailbox?

Yes, as long as it isn't stolen mail. No, it is illegal, even to place a flyer on the flag. The mailbox is US Government property.


If you have no chimney where do you put the letter for Santa to read?

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Can you leave a letter in the mailbox and have the mailman take it the next day?

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